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The Braves ended their scoring drought to upend the Astros, 6-4. A homer by Gary Matthews in the first snapped a 21-inning scoreless streak for the Braves. An RBI double by Art Howe got the Astros even in the second stanza, but the Braves scored four times in the fourth. Atlanta Braves 6, Houston Astros 4Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at AstrodomeBraves 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 8 0
Astros 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 14 2
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Royster 2b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .287 Puhl cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .321
Asselstine cf,rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .286 Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .273
Matthews rf 1 1 1 2 1 0 .333 Cruz rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .293
Office cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Watson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .297
Burroughs lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .358 Walling lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .280
Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Howe 2b 4 1 3 2 0 1 .283
Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Ferguson c 4 0 3 2 0 1 .238
Murphy 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .220 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240
Chaney ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .318 Lemongello p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Gilbreath 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .216 Zamora p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Niekro p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .231 Sexton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .120
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 6 8 5 4 6 Totals 38 4 14 4 1 5
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 11,715
Left on Base: Braves 7, Astros 8
DP: Braves 2, Astros 1
Errors: Howe, Metzger
Doubles: Niekro (1), Puhl (6), Howe 2 (13)
Triples: Royster (3), Asselstine (2)
Home Runs: Matthews (5)
Stolen Bases: Walling (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Niekro (1), Matthews (1)
GIDP: Burroughs (5), Cruz (3)
Hit by Pitch: Matthews (1,by Lemongello)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(4-6) 7.1 12 4 4 1 5 0 33 3.11
Devine SV(2) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.12
Totals 9 14 4 4 1 5 0 39
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lemongello L(3-5) 3.2 6 5 5 2 2 1 20 4.08
Zamora 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0.00
Niekro 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 8 7.78
Forsch 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.20
Sambito 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.16
Totals 9 8 6 6 4 6 1 40
Hit by Pitch: Lemongello (1)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick
BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first);
Asselstine flied out to center; Matthews homered; Burroughs
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl doubled; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Puhl to third]; Cruz struck out; Watson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba flied out to center; Murphy singled; Chaney
flied out to left; Gilbreath flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Walling singled; Walling stole second; Howe doubled
[Walling scored]; Ferguson struck out; Metzger walked;
Lemongello lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Howe
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.
BRAVES 3RD: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Royster made
an out to catcher; Asselstine walked; Matthews was hit by a
pitch [Asselstine to second]; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Puhl flied out to center; Cabell grounded out (third
to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1,
Astros 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Pocoroba struck out; Murphy singled; Chaney singled
[Murphy to third]; Gilbreath walked [Chaney to second]; Niekro
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Murphy scored, Chaney to third,
Gilbreath to second]; Royster tripled [Chaney scored, Gilbreath
scored, Royster scored (error by Howe) (no RBI)]; Asselstine
tripled; ZAMORA REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); Matthews walked;
Burroughs made an out to second; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves
5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Watson flied out to left; Walling grounded out
(second to first); Howe singled; Ferguson singled [Howe to
second]; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Pocoroba flied out to center; Murphy reached on an
error by Metzger [Murphy to first]; Chaney forced Murphy (first
to shortstop); Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: SEXTON BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Sexton grounded out (third
to first); Puhl singled; Cabell struck out; Cruz singled [Puhl
to second]; Watson singled [Puhl out at home (second to
catcher), Cruz to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 5,
Astros 1.
BRAVES 6TH: NIEKRO REPLACED SEXTON (PITCHING); Niekro doubled;
Royster walked; Asselstine singled [Niekro to third, Royster to
second]; Matthews hit a sacrifice fly to center [Niekro scored,
Royster to third]; Burroughs grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Asselstine out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 6TH: OFFICE REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING CF); ASSELSTINE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Walling made an out to first;
Howe struck out; Ferguson singled; Metzger grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Pocoroba flied out to right; Murphy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: ALOU BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Alou made an out to
shortstop; Puhl grounded out (second to first); Cabell made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 1.
BRAVES 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Gilbreath struck
out; Niekro grounded out (second to first); Royster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 8TH: Cruz singled; Watson flied out to right; Walling
singled [Cruz to second]; Howe doubled [Cruz scored, Walling to
third]; DEVINE REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Ferguson singled
[Walling scored, Howe scored]; Metzger grounded out (second to
first) [Ferguson to second]; HERRMANN BATTED FOR FORSCH;
Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 6, Astros 4.
BRAVES 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED HERRMANN (PITCHING); Asselstine
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Office struck out; Burroughs
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 4.
ASTROS 9TH: BONNELL REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING LF); Puhl flied
out to left; Cabell singled; Cruz grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cabell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 4.
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